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Check out #4 Patricia. Four minutes of bliss. Never heard of Art Pepper until mentioned on Harry Bosch series. The entire record is a delight.

If you know about this man, enough said. If you don't, buy this wonderful album and broaden your jazz horizon. Peace.

every cut was very good

My new favorite Art Pepper album.

I didn’t know too much about Art Pepper and now I’m a fan. The CD quality is excellent as is his music.

From what I could tell Art Pepper had a combination of divergent styles in his playing.Certainly from his emergence in the early 50's and in this 1978 recording he certainly had the West Coast cool mode nailed down. Though his playing was heavingly influenced by Charlie Parker and Lee Konitz who ironically was a player on Miles Davis's 'Birth Of The Cool' album Art Pepper could nail it as good as anyone. Certainly on this album Pepper conveys those very strong attributes in an assortment of pervasive and poignant songs in 'Patricia', 'These Foolish Things' and intense and emotional 'Miss Who' and Chris's Blues. Pepper's alto sax is in total command on this album. Though Pepper's 'Smack Up' and 'Straight Life' with Tommy Flanagan are must have's, this recording is a tremendous recording by a brilliant jazz artist who though fought addictions most of his life shows no languid disposition on this recording. Also quality musicianship by bassist Cecil Mcbee and Stanley Cowell on piano.

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Pretty darn good. Great album.

This excellent but little-known album by the distinctive alto saxophonist Art Pepper(1925-82) was recorded in Berkeley, California on December 1 & 2, 1978 with Stanley Cowell(piano); Cecil McBee(bass); Roy Haynes(drums) & Kenneth Nash(congas, percussion on track 2 only).Pepper is in inspired form with a supportive rhythm section, who were new to him, playing four originals by the altoist and two standards(plus one alternative take).Highlights include an intensely moving 10-minute version of Pepper's 'Patricia' and his 'Miss Who?' plus the standard 'These Foolish Things'(2 takes).Art Pepper's quartet create modern jazz of great emotional depth and beauty and this outstanding CD deserves to be more widelyknown.

How do jazz musicians do it? That is a recording company hires a group of musicians who do not customarily play together, and virtually without preparation they produce first class music. It has long been a mystery to me, especially since these sessions are often in the dead of night! All I know of this one is that Art Pepper who had not been in a recording studio between 1960 and 1975 (shall we say that for much of that period he had been detained on other projects!) finds himself on this occasion in 1978 with Stanley Cowell (p), Cecil McBee (b) and Roy Haynes (d) (+ percussion on "Mambo Koyama").There is a delightful variety of tunes ( 6) here ranging from the mambo already mentioned, a couple of well known standards: "Lover Come Back" and "These Foolish Things". Outstanding is Pepper's "Patricia" (actually there are four of his tunes).Everyone plays as if they have played regularly for a year. Art is ever inventive and plays as well as at any time in his soon to end career. His playing between 1975 and 1982 was consistently brilliant and very emotional. Every note blown during that period was a gem. Stanley Cowell plays brilliantly, making a fine sparring partner for AP.This is another great album produced by Art Pepper, who by the time of his untimely death had matured into the greatest jazz musician of all time.

Una de las últimas grabaciones del saxofonista, en la que destaca la que quizá sea su versión más intimista y personal de Patricia.

Cet album est l'un des plus bels albums du saxophoniste, gravé pour GALAXY les 1 et 2 décembre 1978 et réédité à un prix raisonnable par le label Fantasy en 1990 sous forme remasterisée.Art PEPPER est ici entouré (pour la première fois, selon les notes, fort réduites, du livret) par le pianiste Stanley COWELL (qui l'accompagnera dans d'autres albums), du bassiste Cecil Mc BEE et du batteur Roy HAYNES.L'album commence par une composition personnelle intitulée « Miss who ? » : « Patricia », suis-je tenté de répondre, tant ce 4° morceau de plus de 10 min constitue le sommet de l'album et l'un des plus beaux airs enregistré par le saxophoniste. L'amour est, sans conteste, le thème central de l'album, puisqu'on trouve en 3° position, une très belle version de « Lover, come back to me » (6 min 51) et deux versions splendides de « These foolish things (reminds of you) » de presque 6 min entre lesquelles il est bien difficile de choisir...A noter enfin, qu'au milieu de tous ces airs débordant de sensibilité (ou de sensualité, c'est selon !), le 2° air « Mambo koyama », attribué au saxophoniste, détonne un peu par sa tonalité exotique (en faisant appel à un intervenant supplémentaire : Kenneth NASH aux congas et percussion)Un des nombreux albums indispensables pour tout admirateur du grand saxophoniste...

El producto todo perfecto. El contenido completamente excepcional.